Apollonia (Illyria)

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Greek colony ancient city archaeological site

Apollonia (Illyria) was an important ancient Greek colony and later Roman city on the Adriatic coast in what is now Albania, known as a major commercial and cultural center of the region.

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All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Apollonia 4
Apollonia (Illyria) canonical 2

Statements (58)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Greek colony ⓘ
ancient city ⓘ
archaeological site ⓘ
country Albania ⓘ
declineCause harbor silting ⓘ
declinePeriod late antiquity ⓘ
economyBasedOn agriculture ⓘ
craft production ⓘ
maritime trade ⓘ
excavatedBy French archaeologists ⓘ
excavationsBeganIn early 20th century ⓘ
foundedAround 588 BC ⓘ
foundedBy Corcyra ⓘ
Corinth ⓘ
Greek colonists ⓘ
foundedInCentury 6th century BC ⓘ
functionedAs Roman military base ⓘ
hasMuseum Apollonia Archaeological Museum ⓘ
hasSite Roman stoa of Apollonia ⓘ
acropolis of Apollonia ⓘ
bouleuterion of Apollonia ⓘ
city walls of Apollonia ⓘ
necropolis of Apollonia ⓘ
nymphaeum of Apollonia ⓘ
odeon of Apollonia ⓘ
temple of Apollo (Apollonia) ⓘ
theatre of Apollonia ⓘ
heritageStatus archaeological park ⓘ
knownFor agricultural hinterland ⓘ
harbor ⓘ
monumental architecture ⓘ
philosophical school ⓘ
languageUsed Ancient Greek ⓘ
laterLanguageUsed Latin ⓘ
locatedIn Epirus ⓘ
Illyricum ⓘ
surface form: Illyria
locatedInPresentDay southwestern Albania ⓘ
locatedNear Aous River ⓘ
Fier ⓘ
locatedOn Adriatic Sea ⓘ
mainDeity Apollo ⓘ
minted Apollonia coinage ⓘ
namedAfter Apollo ⓘ
nearbySettlement Pojan ⓘ
partOf Roman Empire ⓘ
Roman Republic ⓘ
Greek Antiquity ⓘ
surface form: ancient Greece
rediscoveredInCentury 18th century ⓘ
region Myzeqe plain ⓘ
religionInAntiquity ancient Greek religion ⓘ
servedAs commercial center ⓘ
cultural center ⓘ
trading hub ⓘ
statusInRomanPeriod Roman colonia ⓘ
municipium ⓘ
underwent Hellenization of local Illyrian population ⓘ
visitedBy Marcus Vipsanius Agrippa ⓘ
Augustus ⓘ
surface form: Octavian

Referenced by (6)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Via Egnatia → startPoint → Apollonia (Illyria) ⓘ
Via Egnatia → passesThrough → Apollonia (Illyria) ⓘ
Corinth → colonized → Apollonia (Illyria) ⓘ
this entity surface form: Apollonia
Jabal al Akhdar → hasArchaeologicalSite → Apollonia (Illyria) ⓘ
this entity surface form: Apollonia
Kyrenaïkē → majorCity → Apollonia (Illyria) ⓘ
subject surface form: Kyrenaikē
this entity surface form: Apollonia
Metropolitan of Apollonia and Fier → locatedIn → Apollonia (Illyria) ⓘ
this entity surface form: Apollonia